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Armed bandits chop off Senegalese villagers' ears

afrol News - Senegalese police have opened investigations into an armed attack in the southern province of Cassamance where bandits chop off the left ears of at least 16 villagers in Niaguis, 20 km from the regional capital, Ziguinchor.

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"Scrap FAO," Wade urges

afrol News - Senegalese President Abdoulaye has called for the scrapping of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAS), describing it as an institution that largely spends amounts of resources on doing very little and effective operations.

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Mangroves in the Casamance (Senegal)

Environment - Nature | Science - Education

The Mangroves
an undervalued ecosystem


afrol News - Historically classified "unhealthy wastelands" or "useless swamps" by development-eager authorities and businesses, the mangrove forests actually are one of the most fascinating resources in tropical Africa. The trees manage to live on the edge between flooding rivers, tidal waves intruding with salt water and the drylands, where they create new land and environs rich in fish, birds, wood and other resources. Finally, their value is being discovered.

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Book title, Léopold Sédar Senghor

Culture - Arts

Francophone Literature:
From Negritude to Realism


afrol News - The wave of prices the Francophone writers, both African and Caribbean, have been winning the last years, has placed their works in the focus of world literature. Renovation seemingly is the most eye-catching they have achieved. Follow their way from the "Negritude" movement to modern realism.

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